ci: build newly added variants in the PR matrix

[caveman99]

A new board declares board_level = release, so it is excluded from the --level pr subset and gets no CI build until after merge. The first build then happens on a branch where a failure is harder to attribute.

This builds the first env of each platformio.ini added by a PR, regardless of board_level.

• Only added files qualify. Adding an env to an existing config does not trigger it.
• If an added config declares several envs, only the first is built.
• generate_ci_matrix.py gains --added-config PATH (repeatable). Without it, output is byte-identical to before.
• The setup job derives the paths from git diff --diff-filter=A against the merge base, and needs fetch-depth: 0.
• Full-matrix runs on push, schedule and workflow_dispatch are unaffected.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Pull request validation now includes the first environment from newly added variant configurations.
  • New variants are tested automatically, even when standard filtering would otherwise exclude them.
  • Merge-group validation now uses accurate base comparisons.
  • Unreadable configurations and files without a valid environment are handled gracefully.
  • CI setup now correctly reports configuration-discovery failures instead of silently continuing with incomplete results.

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The matrix generator now accepts added PlatformIO configuration paths and includes their environments regardless of board level. The workflow selects comparison bases, captures added configurations, and aborts when git diff fails.

Changes

Added variant matrix

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Matrix generator support bin/generate_ci_matrix.py	The script accepts repeatable --added-config paths, extracts the first environment, and includes it regardless of board_level.
Workflow matrix wiring .github/workflows/main_matrix.yml	The workflow fetches complete history, selects a pull-request or merge-group base, captures added variant configurations, and passes them to matrix generation. Failed git diff commands now terminate the setup step.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d5d08

This change expands pull-request CI coverage for newly added configurations without changing full-matrix runs. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: vidplace7, thebentern

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubActions
  participant Git
  participant generate_ci_matrix.py
  GitHubActions->>Git: Fetch complete history
  GitHubActions->>Git: Select pull-request or merge-group base
  Git-->>GitHubActions: Return added platformio.ini paths
  GitHubActions->>generate_ci_matrix.py: Pass --added-config arguments
  generate_ci_matrix.py-->>GitHubActions: Return CI matrix with added environments

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the problem, implementation, scope, behavior, and unaffected workflows, but it omits the template’s testing attestations.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: building newly added variants in the pull request CI matrix.
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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch ci-build-new-boards

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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/main_matrix.yml:
- Around line 75-85: The workflow currently narrows merge_group builds to the pr
matrix without populating ADDED_ARGS, so added release configurations can be
omitted. Extend the configuration-diff logic around ADDED_ARGS to also handle
merge_group events, using github.event.merge_group.base_sha and
github.event.merge_group.head_sha as the merge-base comparison inputs; preserve
the existing pull_request behavior and pass the collected arguments to
generate_ci_matrix.py.

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In @.github/workflows/main_matrix.yml:
- Around line 86-87: Update the variant-discovery logic around the git diff
process substitution to capture the command result with explicit error handling
before consuming its output; if git diff fails, terminate or otherwise propagate
the failure instead of continuing with an empty ADDED_ARGS, while preserving the
existing added-variant filtering behavior.

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[caveman99]

@vidplace7 did you have a look yet?